Tiger Woods recovering after surgery

Tiger Woods underwent "a long surgical procedure" on his leg, foot and ankle after being seriously injured in a rollover accident in Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday.

Doctors had to insert a rod into his leg and placed screws into his foot and ankle, according to a statement posted to Twitter, which described Woods as "awake, responsive and recovering."

Dr. Anish Mahajan, chief medical officer at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where Woods was treated, described "comminuted open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones," and said trauma to the muscle and soft-tissue of Woods' leg also required "surgical release of the covering of the muscles to relieve pressure due to swelling."

It is unclear how long Woods will remain in the hospital or how his condition might impact his golf comeback.

Woods was the sole occupant of a 2021 Genesis GV80 SUV that was traveling north on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse Road when he crashed just after 7 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. The vehicle sustained major damage, and Woods had to be extricated from the wreckage by personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, sheriff's officials said.

Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Woods was traveling at a "relatively greater speed than normal" descending down a hill, noting that the area "has a high frequency of accidents." The sheriff said there were no skid marks or signs of braking and that the golfer's vehicle hit the center divider, a curb and a tree in the rollover crash.

Villanueva said Tuesday there was no evidence Woods was impaired at the scene.